Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Panicum flexile
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Wiry Panicgrass belongs to the notoriously difficult P. philadelphicum group. It differs primarily in its longer, more tapering spikelets. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum flexile
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Panicum flexile
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Panicum flexile
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Panicum flexile
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-009:
Panicum flexile FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum flexile
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum flexile
COMMON NAME:
Wiry Panicgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pafl2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pafl2_002_lhd
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September Granville County NC
Butner Cedar Glade
Mature panicle slender, branches ascending-spreading; spikelets long-acuminate, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Panicum flexile
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum flexile
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Panicum flexile
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum flexile
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Panicum flexile
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-009:
Panicum flexile
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum flexile
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum flexile
4382
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Glades and openings over mafic or calcareous rocks, damp sandy meadows, open woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked (plants lacking a rosette of overwintering basal leaves)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a terminal panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish
Grain
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